Thursday, 7 July 2011

Crochet flower blanket

This is what made me obsessed with learning to crochet. A few months ago I stumbled over this flower square design - see here for info from the Rose Hip blog. I tried and tried and tried again to learn to crochet with book instructions and you tube....I kept giving up. I needed someone in front of me to pester! Anyhow, Mum arrived a week before our little Rose made her appearance (9 ruddy days late I tell you!!!), so we put that waiting time to good use. {in labour, bouncing on a birthing ball in our lounge crocheting flowers - not so focused on the discomfort - a highly recommended form of distraction}

I'd like to make a blanket with these squares, but I fear that my attention span will die at the thought of the shear quantity of squares needed to make a decent sized blanket. Mum suggested that we design or find a pattern for a bigger square (that would swallow 4 of these flower squares), about 15cm, to speed things along. This pattern won't be a 3D flower pattern, maybe something simpler. Mum has gone home now - too far away to enlist her in-person tutoring skills - so the pattern will have to be simple enough for me to figure out on my own.